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Game developer Brianna Wu, technology journalists Georgia Dow and Mikah Sargent, and game enthusiast Steve Lubitz analyzed the week’s biggest stories in the video game industry from different perspectives. Hosted by Brianna Wu, Georgia Dow, Steve Lubitz, and Maddy Myers.

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32: Going Full Siracusa Dec 08, 2014

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Ultimate geek rockstar John Siracusa stops by to throw down his Power Glove and to fact check the show AS WE RECORD IT. Also, Brianna Super Scope Sixes Nintendo's future in VR, Steve bristles, and Maddy calmly explains that she could destroy everything in

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8-Player Super Smash Bros

Pokemon in the Oculus Rift

Hypercritical: Nintendo in Crisis

The Nintendo Revolution Helmet

ATP 94: Spirited Defense of Pong

Interview with the Crossy Road developers

Gasketball's in-app purchase disaster

Maddy’s Game Of The Year list

Amazon UK canceling Gamecube controller adapter orders

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31: Stomp On Their Hands Nov 30, 2014

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Can you feel it? Isometric has awakened early this week in a special Thanksgiving episode, though Georgia just calls it Thursday. Maddy gushes about Super Smash Bros, and Steve and Brianna get into it about Nintendo again over the new Pokemon sequel.

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Giant Spacekat's Next Game

Maddy's Super Smash Bros review

Amiibos Are For Everyone

Gamecube adapters are sold out everywhere

Project M

Bri's super thick 3DS

Jonathan Mann’s Crossy Road song

30: An Era Without Moisturizer Nov 24, 2014

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Since all the games came out this week, we took a break from the news to talk all about what we're playing: Bri laments that elephants in Far Cry 4 aren't innovation, Steve learns he's played Dragon Age: Inquisition completely wrong, and Maddy tries to ju

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What We’re Playing:

Maddy - Dragon Age Inquisition
Georgia - Candy Crush Soda Saga
Bri - Far Cry 4
Steve - Never Alone and Rollers of the Realm

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Unconsoleable #9 - Therapy With Georgia

Let's Make Mistakes #147 - The Ballad of Brian Nawu

The hair in Dragon Age

Shadow of Mordor’s DLC

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29: Squeeze the Lemon Beyond Nov 17, 2014

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This week, fresh from basking in the glow of luring Georgia to Boston from Canada, we play CSI at the wreckage of the Assassin's Creed Unity launch fiasco, followed by a serious discussion of autism representation in gaming.

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Assassin's Creed Unity technical issues

Polygon's reaction to the Assassin's Creed Embargo

Kotaku's reaction to the Assassin's Creed Embargo

Ubisoft's stock price hit by AC launch fiasco

Ubisoft's response to the launch issues

Assassin's Creed: Rogue

Wired's roundup of the AC launch

Less Than Or Equal #12: Steve Lubitz

Steve's blog post: Sticks and Stones

Wikipedia: List of video game characters on the autism spectrum

Temple Grandin: The World Needs All Kinds of Minds

Auti-sim

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28: R.O.B., I Love You Nov 10, 2014

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This week, Maddy announces her Street Fighter romantic comedy, Steve laments (read: whines about) missing out on the Evolve Big Alpha, and Bri presses X to say hello to Georgia's new robot BFF.

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Up Up Down Down #30: Talking About Caragors

Revolution 60 Wikipedia page

David North's latest fan art

Oak

The Chamber

NBA 2K15 server issues

The PS4 Rest Mode bug

Evolve Big Alpha delayed and extended on PS4

DriveClub is still broken a month later

Press F for Farce

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27: A Hat Made of Money Nov 03, 2014

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Isometric is back in one of our most fun post-Gamergate episodes! We struggle to discuss actual news, like the discovery that women make up half of PC gaming and the re-release of TIE Fighter, amidst a barrage of absurd distractions. At least until Georgi

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What We’re Playing:

Maddy - Rayman Legends
Georgia - Katamari Damacy
Bri - Sunset Overdrive
Steve - Ziggurat

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Steve on Less Than or Equal

Maddy discussing Bayonetta 2 on GaymeBar

Jonathan Mann’s Name That Game remix

Costume Quest 2

Female PC gamers outnumber males

A quarter of all Call of Duty gamers are female

War on Terror

Lucasarts releases X-Wing and TIE Fighter to GOG

Rogue Squadron

Humble Indie Bundle 13

Georgia's salacious tweet

Maddy's Dog Video

26: (Special) Glenn and I Are Not Enemies Oct 30, 2014

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After being chased from her home by rape and death threats, Isometric host Brianna Wu has been under attack by Gamergate for 17 days. She sits down with journalist Glenn Fleishman and addresses the various accusations made towards her.

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Glenn Fleishman

25: Bri's Parenting Corner Oct 27, 2014

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In a return to normalcy, Bri dispenses questionable parenting advice, Georgia auditions for her next career as a game show host, and Steve yells at Nintendo (yes, again), all as Maddy tries to convince us how excited she is about everything.

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What We’re Playing:

Bri - Dodging bad people on Twitter
Maddy - Borderlands 2
Georgia - Five Nights at Freddy’s
Steve - Sunless Sea and Mega Man 2

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GameCube controllers aren’t compatible with other Wii U games

Rejecting the Wii U license agreement locks the system

Why Mega Man 3 is the best Mega Man game

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24: Slippy Likes the Barrel Roll Oct 20, 2014

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After an in-depth recap of Bri's week fighting GamerGate, we try to cheer her up with a detailed discussion of Bayonetta 2, salacious StarFox fan fiction, and what the Muppets you like say about you.

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The disturbing panda costume

Kotaku's report on Bri's death threats

Bri's editorial in XOJane

The terrible sea lion

How many GamerGaters are there?

Maddy’s Bayonetta 2 Review

Revolution 60 in the App Store

Revolution 60 on Metacritic

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23: Georgia's Scary Murder Side Oct 13, 2014

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(Note: This episode was recorded on Thursday, just before the widely discussed events involving Brianna Wu began to occur.)

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Soylent

Frozen censored

Patricia Hernandez's broken 3DS

Super Smash Bros 3DS Wii U version confirmed for November 21st

Project M

Harmony of Heroes

Imperialism in Shadow of Mordor

The lack of women in Shadow of Mordor

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